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Einstein and the Internet

While the above yields
insight into the quirky mind of a giant of science and mysticism, Einstein made
this remark long before the onset of the Information Age and Google. In
his time, 'looking up' data meant either a trip to a library or access to
a serious book collection. As only great centers of learning were able to
provide adequate resources, populations in outlying areas where left to their own devices.
However, in this day and age, anyone with an internet connection can access more
information than one ever dreamed possible. Google's avowed mission to digitize
everything in the universe capable of documentation bespeaks of mind-boggling
possibilities.

With the ability to simply
look up anything, anywhere, at anytime, the logical conclusion is that we will
never have to remember anything if we follow Einstein's dictate. Considering
that many in the younger generation today are fixated like moths to the light
on their iPhones and iPads, the future looks bright for airheads.

Perhaps our children should
be encouraged to do something old-fashioned. Play outdoors. And if there is
no outdoors for city kids, how about playing with real objects such as musical
instruments, colored markers, building materials, puzzles - anything to
get those neuronal pathways branching out to Somewheresville.

And for the old folks, who
are prone to glazing over in front of a TV, perhaps they have nothing left to
lose, given the drastic rise in Alzheimers and dementia. But even in these
cases, there is nothing more sad than a lonely elder left alone, with minimal human
interaction to pass away the time.

The human being is a social
creature who needs first and foremost a connection of loving kindness with
others. So, even if we don't need to remember facts anymore because they are
just a mouse click away, we should never forget that the smartest human being
is the loving human being.

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